Beverage container



1945- L.' J. HUMBERT 2,392,479

BEVERAGE CONTAINER Filed July 24, 1944 JNVENTOR. Laura J. HuMB RT IATTORNEY Patented Jan. 8, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BEVERAGECONTAINER Louis J. Humbert, Wyandotte, Mich.

Application July 24, 1944, Serial No. 546,363

Claims.

This invention relates to beverage containers, and more particularly toa light and cheap form of such container wherein beverages of variouskinds, such as milk, lemonade, and certain soft drinks, may be sealedfor shipment and transportation and use on railway trains and the like,the container being provided with convenient means for enabling thepurchaser or user to drin the contents thereof. r

The prime object of the invention therefore is to provide in a suitablylight and cheap form, a liquid container of the kind referred to, thesame being made of water-proofed pasteboard or any other suitablematerial, and being provided with a pair of telescopically associateddrinking tubes, also of cheap material, these tubes being normallycollapsed together and sealed within the container, but adaptable uponbreaking the seal,

. to be drawn out in extended relation, for use in drinking the contentsof the container.

With the aforesaid objects in view, together with such other objects andadvantages as may appear from the specification, attention is directedto the accompanying drawing as exemplifying a preferred embodiment ofthe invention, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rectangular form of container,showing in dotted lines the telescopically associated drinking tubes ascollapsed and sealed within the container. &

Figure 2 is a vertical section on a somewhat enlarged scale, through thecontainer and the drinking tubes as collapsed therein, the extensibilityof the inner tube being indicated in dotted lines, the over-all seal forthe vent of the container being shown in full lines as closed upon thecontainer, and in dotted lines as raised for the extension of the innertube.

Figure 3 is a detail view in longitudinal section of a modified form andassembly of the telescopically associated drinking tubes.

The invention comprises a suitable container 5, here shown asrectangular in form, but which may of course'be constructed in any otherpreferred form, since such form is not of the essence of the invention.This container may be made of stiff and water-proofed pasteboard, or anyother desired and suitably cheap material.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2 a fixed tube 6 is permanently sealed withinthe container, in the angular setting or arrangement thereof as shown inthe drawing, this tube being of slightly larger diameter at its lowerend i, and from this end slightly and regularly tapered to its upper end8, this end being sealed at 9 to the upper side of the container,through which side it has an opening. The lower end I of this tube isopen, and is disposed in spaced relation to the walls of the container,as shown, to permit the flow of liquid from the container into the tube.A smaller and similarly tapered tube I 0 is freely and slidably mountedinside the larger tube 6, and thus this inner tube is extensible fromthe tube 8, and may be drawn out as indicated in dotted lines inFigurei2, for drinking purposes.

Normally the inner tube l0 which may be referred to as the extensiontube, is collapsed within the tube 6, and a small cork II is insertedinto its outer end, to which cork a short length of string I2 isattached, as means for drawing the tube out to its extended position fordrinking purposes, and also for pulling the cork itself from the mouthof the tube. An overall seal I3 is provided, this seal also having ashort string or cord I 4 attached thereto at one margin, as means frompulling this seal loose from the container.

In the modified form of the device as shown in Figure 3, the tubes 6aand Illa, in lieu of being uniformly tapered from their inner to theirouter ends, have their medial portions of uniform diameters as respectseach tube, as shown in the said Figure 3, the respective inner and outerends alone of these tubes being of tapered construction, as indicated at6a and Illa.

If desired, an air vent (not shown) may be pierced through the upperside of the container, in such position that the seal I3 will cover samewhen the seal is closed down and. sealed to the container. is to admitair to the interior of the container as the contents thereof arewithdrawn.

In use the container is filled and sealed with the tubes collapsedtherein and the cork in the end of the extension tube, and the cords l2and I4 circled underneath the seal [3 with the end of the string or cordl4 projecting, as indicated in Figure 1. The purchaser of suchcontainer, desiring to drink the liquid contents thereof, pulls on theexposed end of the cord I4, thus pulling up the seal l3, as indicated indotted lines in Figure 2, and then draws out the extension tube In orIlla by pulling on the cord l2, and finally removing the cork II bymeans of this cord. After drinking the contents, the container may bediscarded as the cost is negligible. Because of the tapered constructionof the tubes 6, 6a and Ill, Illa, it is evident that as the extensiontubes l0, Illa are drawn fully out in the manner described and shown,the inner ends of such extension tubes will engage and bind against theThe purpose of such vent of course aseacvo inner walls of the outer endsof the fixed tubes tachable seal for and sealing over the 6, 8a, thusmaking a liquid proof joint or seal between the tubes, and alsopreventing the complete withdrawal of these said extension tubes.

While I have here shown and described certain specific forms of myinvention, and certain preferred structural features thereof, it isunderstood that various changes and modifications may be made, as founddesirable, withinthe, scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A container for liquids with means for handily drinking the contentsthereof, comprising a suitable container, a pair of telescopicallyassociated drinking tubes mounted within the container and including a.fixed tube anchored within the container with its upper end having anopeningout through the upper side of the container,

this said tube being tapered from its relatively to impinge and bindagainst the inner walls of the tapered fixed tube as the said extensiontube is drawn outward for that purpose.

2. In a container according to claim 1. a deupper ends or the tubes ascollapsed within the container.

3. In a container for a liquid, apair of telescopically associateddrinking tubes mounted within the container and including a tube fixedlyanchored within the container with its upper end sealed to and openingout through the upper side of the container, an extension tube slidablymounted within the said fixed tube and adapted to be partially withdrawnupwardly therefrom, these tubes being complementally tapered from theirrelatively larger lower or inner ends to their relatively reduced upperor outer ends for providing an interlocking engagement between the wallsof the tubes as the extension tube is drawn outward. a 1

4. In a device according to claim 3, the said extension tube being fullycollapsible within the fixed tube, and means for sealing the openingthrough the upper side of the container, over the upper ends of thecollapsed tubes.

5. In a device according to claim 3, a cork for the outer end of theextension tube, and a detachable seal for sealing the opening throughthe upper side of the container, over the collapsed tubes.

LOUIS J. HUMBERT.

